In the Information Age continuous upgrading is key to maintaining competence for both individuals and organizations. Thus, the aptitudes and dispositions of lifelong learning have become highly prized for individuals and the collective analog of knowledge creation has become a priority for organizations. This book examines the question of how individual lifelong learning and collective knowledge creation are encouraged and supported, and what leadership and organizational forms are required to enable these processes. The topic being vast, it is not all covered in these few chapters. Rather, they provide a complementary collection of explorations that focus on issues of leadership and professional development.

Professional learning and leadership is a book of ideas, suggestions and questions that is intented to contribute to the personal and professional growth of those who seek to better understand the complex depths of these two uniquely human processes.